Artemis 1 Launch Success Vindicates Legacy Hardware Approach
Manage episode 347793124 series 2840479
With the successful launch of Artemis 1, NASA is back in the crewed space exploration business, with the largest rocket successfully launched anywhere. The combined 8,000,000 pounds of thrust at launch exceeds the power of the Saturn V launch vehicle that carried a dozen astronauts to the moon. The new system uses developments of legacy Space Shuttle engines and solid rocket boosters, with a booster structure derived from the Space Shuttle external tank. Development of advanced hardware from proven components was controversial, with some NASA critics stating that the approach would prove as expensive and lengthy as clean sheet designs, but with a successful launch, the new Space Launch System appears set to be NASA’s heavy lift launch vehicle for the foreseeable future.
Want to watch this podcast as a video? This Week in Engineering is available on engineering.com TV along with all of our other shows such as End of the Line, Designing the Future, and, Manufacturing the Future.
151 jaksoa